#oc: sabina lancaster

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sketch bc I realized I have two pirate OCs that are completely different flavors of "Pirate" 🏴‍☠️⚔☠

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🦉for Sabina and Eamoc? c:

🦉 Draw your OC with their familiar ranger companion!

"Oh, Eamoc, we're really in it now."

OC Drawing Meme

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Watcher Sabina Lancaster, former Lady of Caed Nua and Captain of The Voyager ✨

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1 and 16 from the oc ask for lydia and sabina! :3

ahh thank you for the ask!!

1. What was the original thought that led to the creation of this character?

Lydia: So i've mentioned this before, but from the moment I finished Tresspasser the first time and saw that we were going to Tevinter I knew I wanted my future PC to be from the Imperium. The concept didn't fully develop (partially due to the fact that up until Veilguard's new name dropped, I'd fully given up on seeing a fourth Dragon Age game) until the first trailer showcasing all the companions, and then I was like "oh crap i do actually have to come up with a new character for this game".

Her appearance, actually, takes a lot of inspiration from my og Inquisitor, Irithiel Lavellan, (medium dark skin, brown hair, golden eyes, etc.) who I really was not vibing with anymore as Inquisitor and wanted to repurpose some of her design. Then they released the faction backgrounds and i fell in love with the concept of the Lords of Fortune, and the rest is history <3

Sabina: Sabina originally started out as a dwarf, purely bc Old Vailia sounded like the coolest background and I think in it's description it mentioned that a lot of dwarves live there, but due to PoE's isometric POV and the fact it didn't really play into her character that much i kept forgetting that 😅 So in Deadfire i ended up changing her to a Meadow Folk, and I think that's when the current Sabina really started to take shape. I really loved Deadfire's pirate aspects and had really been wanting to play a character who used a rapier, so when I replayed the first PoE i changed her class from ranger (with a bear companion) to a Rogue, and then when I replayed Deadfire I kinda fell in love with the model of the Stag, and with the birth of Eamoc as her ranger companion (giving her the "scout" class) Sabina achieved her final, current form <3

16. Is there any memes or running jokes associated with the character, both in- and out of universe?

Hmmm 👀

Lydia:

🥲

"mfw the elven god of lies and betrayal betrays me -"

also see "Mind Tits" from previous ask game <3

Sabina:

*sticks her hand directly into Suspicious Hole*

After Caed Nua is destroyed:

Character Asks Game

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HI follow up question for Sabina: What is her opinion on and relationship with the Príncipi? considering she hails from Old Valia. 👀

Hi hiii omg follow up question <333

Her opinion of the Príncipi is, in fact, extremely complicated! Of course the people she'd most relate to in the Deadfire Archipelago would be thieves and pirates, isn't that just her luck?

While she misses a lot of things about her home, jingoistic nationalist nobles pining for "the days of glory" were not among them, and so people like Captain Furrante really rub her the wrong way. This whole thing, going all the way back to pre-PoE1, started because she was on the run from nobles who thought just that same way, and were willing to do whatever it took to achieve it.

Having said that, though, it is nice to see some remnants of her home, and encouraging to see those homely aspects translated to sea life. Up until the Ukaizo Race Falling Out, she got along fairly well with Captain Aeldys (so long as she didn't ask too many questions about what Aeldys was actually up to). And while she also finds some common ground with the Vailian Trading Company, at least the Príncipi are honest about the bad they do.

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So I started playing Pillars of Eternity 👀

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omg this Paris Paloma song is soooo Sabina-coded 😭

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Pillars of Eternity: Deadfire spoilers, but I finished it the other night and I haven't been able to stop thinking about how juicy this story is for a Drifter!Watcher and I need to talk about it at least semi-coherently.

In my memory, nearly every time you talk to/about Eothas you have the option to justify your pursuit of him by the fact that he destroyed Caed Nua. Obviously sometimes this is meant to be comedic (calling the God of Rebirth a "jackass" was one of the more surreal moments of this game), but from what I could see it is pretty consistent; whether the Watcher is talking to the other gods about Eothas or talking directly to him (including the final confrontation with him), they can swing back around to the same thing; "You destroyed my castle and you need to answer for it."

And I just think this is so interesting for my Watcher, who has the "Drifter" background! Sabina wasn't one by choice, and the reason she came to The Dyrwood was to start over, away from the people who have been chasing her, and settle down. While it didn't happen the way she expected, Caed Nua gave her the one thing she always craved, which is stability. For five good years, she remains in her new castle in the Dyrwood, gains a respected place in the community as its Lady, and finally has a home to call her own.

And then a big green giant rips it away from her in an instant, and she wakes up on a boat, in the middle of the sea. Drifting.

And suddenly she's right back where she started, wandering from island to island, never fully stationary. While she grows to love her crew and the ship itself (annoyingly, being a ship captain comes very naturally to her) and finds a new kind of home in them, she never really gets over the loss of Caed Nua. It was her castle, yes, and while she enjoyed the luxuries of being a Dyrwoodan Lady, that was never really the point. It could have been a run-down shack in the middle of the woods for all she cared, what mattered was that it was her's. And even so, it was deemed acceptable collateral damage by Eothas, and that stained whatever relationship they could have, and even her relationship with the other gods. Not to mention she has precious little time to even process her grief for it, or for the people there.

It feels so petty to say that you still haven't forgiven Eothas for destroying Caed Nua in your final conversation with him, after everything else that's happened since then, and that is precisely why it's so juicy. Whatever else the Watcher may be, they are still mortal, and the damage done to them is just as lasting and as unfair as it would be with any other mortal.

And the final nail in the coffin is that once it's all finally over, Sabina leaves most of her companions in Deadfire (including her new partner Aloth) to go... home. Wherever that is now. It's not in Deadfire. And neither is it in the Dyrwood, not anymore. Until she can find it again, she'll be left, once again, drifting from place to place.

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hi!!! art ask meme, maybe 🕷 for sabina :3

🕷: draw a character reacting to a spider

Sorry this took so long but I got in my feelings about this prompt </3

I think, before the events of Pillars of Eternity and becoming Lady of Caed Nua, Sabina was honestly very envious of spiders whenever she encountered them. As an unwilling Drifter, she envied the spider's homemaking ability, and the fact that they could live their whole lives without leaving said home :(

art ask meme: character + emoji

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10 19 23 for the OC questions!

tysm for the ask!! <333

10. Introduce an OC with a complicated design?

Any oc that has tattoos is one I consider to be "complicated", but Marco adds on top of that really busy armor AND a sci-fi gun, so I'm gonna go with him.

(it's part of why I've basically only ever drawn him once or twice, with most of his armor either off or covered lol)

19. Introduce an OC that means a lot to you (and explain why)

Oh okay! I think for this one, I'm gonna go with Zephyr <3 like I've mentioned before, she was really the first oc I had to build from the ground up, and so I feel really involved in a lot of her character. She has a lot of qualities that I admire in other people; a strong balance of physical and mental prowess, an impressive amount of discipline, an appreciation for the arts, a level head in intense situations, etc. I enjoy exploring and thinking about her relationship with her family and how that shaped her into the person she is today, and in some ways I feel like she represents a lot of things I'm not, but aim to be <3

23. Introduce an OC that has changed from your first idea concerning what the character would be like?

Oohh, interesting! I don't think I have many OCs that have undergone super drastic changes (at least while remaining the same ocs), but I have a few that have had minor changes. Sabina was originally a Mountain Dwarf before I decided that being a Meadow Folk fit her vibes better, Ruathym was originally going to be my first Ace OC before deciding BG3 was not really the best game to try that with (since he was basically constantly rebuffing advances from the other companions💀) and Vanessa's design has slowly been inching closer and closer to the default Jane Femshep design with the red hair lol

some OC questions <3

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2, 4, 21, 31, 43 for the oc asks! c:

thank you for the ask!!

2. Do you have a personal favorite among your OCs?

I think they're all kind of on rotation for my #1 favorite at any given time! I definitely have some that are more developed than others, but most of that comes down to the amount of time I've had them. I'd say currently, my favorites would be Lydia Laidir and James Trevelyan (since i'm still in DA Hell), and Zephyr Skybreeze (one of my BG3 Tav's, I have a soft spot for her since she's the first OC I had to build her background out from the ground up)

4. A character you rarely talk about?

I had to think about this one for a bit, but I'm gonna go with Maya, my Pokemon Violet kiddo! No real reason for that, beyond that my love for Pokemon Violet comes in waves and is more often dormant. That, and most of what I talk about w/ my OCs is shipping related, and she's literally a child so. Not a lot to say there lol.

BUT I love her quite a lot! Violet is the first Pokemon game I ever felt like I was actually creating a character who had traits and personality (rather then gens 1-5 being pre-built and gens 6-8 feeling kinda blank). The classes helped a lot with that, I think! Her favorite teacher is Jacq, she's really good at math/science and anything related to Pokemon Battling, is kinda bored in Art Class and struggles with History and Languages (which is like the polar opposite of my academic experience lol). She shares Nemona's passion for battling but takes an analytical approach to it, and I think in the post-game I could envision her as a Pokemon Battle Professor when she's an adult <3 (though I haven't played the DLC yet so idk if that's in my canon 👀)

Also honorable mention to Marco, my ME Andromeda boy. I have so much love in my heart for this guy and literally no idea what to do with him ✌🏻

21. Your most artistic OC

Viola, my Dark Urge! I've mentioned it before but I like the idea of her sick and twisted urge fantasies lending themselves to an innate understanding of human anatomy, and sometimes when she wants to kill kill kill kill, she draws....killing, instead lol. It's therapeutic for her, I think in a similar way her faith is, and I like the idea of art being such a strong positive outlet that it's able to ground someone in reality.

31. Pick one OC of yours and explain what their tumblr blog would be like (what they reblog, layout, anything really)

Hm! Well seeing as how I barely maintain my own blog I'm not super sure how to answer this 😅 but I'll do my best!

I'll go with Zephyr, I think. I think she'd have one of those really fancy layouts with the small buttons and the small text and a cherry blossom overlay with constantly falling petals. She'd reblog a lot of academic literature, poetry, positive affirmations, and moodboards! She'd be intensely active for like two weeks and then ghost for three months, and rinse & repeat

43. Do you have any certain type when you create your OCs? Do you tend to favor some certain traits or looks? It’s time to confess

Physically: Ponytails for days, followed by long braids. Idk what it is, but multiple of my OCs (Sabina, Zephyr, James, Ruathym, Maya, Anwen, Vanessa, AELON even in Inquisition literally remembering some of these ocs have ponytails as I type this sentence lmao) pull their hair back into either a midlength ponytail, a braid, or transition between the two. It's a good look, what can I say~

Character-wise: I have noticed a theme starting to pop up my last couple OCs, of having wild periods of Young Adulthood before mellowing out by the events of the story (James, Lydia, Sabina). Other than that, I have a few characters who are begrudgingly bound to Not Be an Asshole by their moral compass, i.e. they're rude in almost every conversation but they make good Big Choices (Ruathym, Aelon, Vanessa, Act 3 Anwen)

some OC questions <3

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character ask for sabina!!! 3, 7, 16 <3

hehe thank you for the ask <333

3. What was the first thing you decided on, the character's name, appearance, personality or their role in the story?

If I'm remembering correctly, I believe the first thing i'd decided on was that she was from Old Vailia. Even when she was very briefly a Fire Godlike named something random (which lasted all of 20 seconds before i restarted), Old Vailia's intro text intrigued me so much:

I really really enjoy fantasy cultures that are objectively past their prime and are old as hell, especially if they've been basically eclipsed by the new current global super power, i.e. Aedyr. It's name is also very pretty :3

7. What is an aspect of their appearance that you like the most?

I think Sabina is my most slender oc, and while obviously all body types are beautiful I do enjoy my lanky little lady. I'm also very proud of her Deadfire outfit, it was my first time making an outfit for my oc (almost) from scratch <3

16. Is there any memes or running jokes associated with the character, both in- and out of universe?

Answered here, but I do have one more >:3

After mouthing off to Rymrgand in the Beast of Winter DLC -

Character Asks Game

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🖊️ about Sabina, if you'd like 😊

ty for the ask <333

Before Eothas destroyed Caed Nua, Sabina had this elegant emerald dress that she wore when she performed her duties as Lady of Caed Nua, and she loved that dress. It was one of those ones with big poofy sleeves and a tiered skirt, and with a large silhouette. She felt important in that dress, respected. Honored. She took great care of it.

Like many things, it was lost (or perhaps destroyed) when Eothas emerged, and unfortunately a ship just isn't really the setting for a dress like that :(

Send me a “🖊+an OC“ and I will talk about that OC!

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I think if I ever replay PoE1 (or even if it will let me change her in PoE2), I might change Sabina from a Mountain Dwarf/Ranger to a Ocean Folk/Fighter. As much as I've loved having an animal buddy on my side I feel a little like I'm encroaching on Sagani and Itumaak, and bc of the camera angle I have to constantly remind myself that Sabina is a dwarf 😅

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It turns out the portraits in PoE are stored as .pngs in the files, so I made some alterations for Sabina 😊

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patron saint quiz

tagged by @solas-backpack-mug, thank u for the tag! here is the quiz <3

Sabina Lancaster - patron saint of bones

patron saint of frameworks. of structures. of solidity. patron saint of things that break. patron saint of things that are left behind. the bones survive long after the body, the building: what is there left for them, when the rest has gone? what do bones do, with nothing to hold around them? who holds the bones?

tagging @modwyr and @bragganhyl, as well as anyone else who'd like to play!